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I'm okay with the nun outfit, provided they dialed back the harlotry to a more practical level. After all, she's supposedly walking around in the desert a lot. Make the uniform look practical for desert weather.... you can always flash the fanservice-ecchi stuff in your By Rage Recast gloryshot.

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Freely displayed tits, pecs, and/or ass are the most common and (to my way of thinking) laziest means of making a character stand out*. There are two ways to solve this:
1. No naked people.
2. Entire populations of naked people, in which the individual naked people aren't highly irregular.

#2 might be the better option for this setting, as long as they don't come from the North.

Yeah agreed. Got old when so many female NPCs just became parts of the T&A brigade - the sig Midnight and Malefactor, and who can forget the cover of the 1e Savant & Sorcerer...

Meh, pecs are nothing. The equivalent to "topless sado-nun's skin sloughing off because Malfeas Charm" in MOEP Infernals or "other sado-nun Abyssal" In Scroll of Exalts and/or SotM is a really explicit penis bulge in tight pants or something.

"Chicanery-No: If a player uses this Charm in an abusive or exploitative manner, the ST may punch him right in the goddamn face." --TheDementedOne

"Happiness is very brittle and short-lived in the Exalted community, because ressentiment is our cultural touchstone." --Gayo

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I'm okay with the nun outfit, provided they dialed back the harlotry to a more practical level. After all, she's supposedly walking around in the desert a lot. Make the uniform look practical for desert weather.... you can always flash the fanservice-ecchi stuff in your By Rage Recast gloryshot.

You don't really need "practical for desert weather" clothing when you have Transcendent Desert Creature.

"Chicanery-No: If a player uses this Charm in an abusive or exploitative manner, the ST may punch him right in the goddamn face." --TheDementedOne

"Happiness is very brittle and short-lived in the Exalted community, because ressentiment is our cultural touchstone." --Gayo

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I've found a lot of the costume design for the NPCs to be a little lackluster or even inappropriate given the kind of life that these characters live. A good example is Mnemon. She's the eldest of the Scarlet Empress' children, she's a powerhouse who is incredibly young-looking for her age. Why on earth would she be wearing dull-coloured drapes and a matching tiara? She looks like she's swimming in her clothes. She doesn't have to dress like a slut, but good god she could be wearing clothes that fit her and compliment her body. In fact, I have always felt that the citizens of the Realm would wear the most fashion-forward garments of any civilization. Sure, some of them would be unfortunately ostentatious.

Here's a decent example of a look that (aside from the legs) covers most of the body, looks expensive and powerful and could fit in a fantasy setting. Here's a queen in white and black (could work for a wealthy Earth-Aspected Dynast).

And I completely agree that Demetheus should show off as much skin as possible. He has a great body and I want to see all of it, or as much of it as is tasteful. I'd be fine if he just wore leather pants and bracers.

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I imagine Mnemon's outfit in those pictures isn't her fancy dress look. It looks more like something she'd go around in when doing her standard business. Attractive, practical (armored, even), but not terribly flashy.

I like the Scarlet Empress's look. I think it's distinctive enough that it stands out, and still looks impressive enough to, well, be impressive. In drawn art, especially comic-book sorta style, I like simple, bold designs that stand out, instead of intricacies that often just become muddled.

Now that I think about it, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that the Realm's current fashion isn't ostentatious or extravagant, but more a simple bold look. Perhaps more inspired by Roman Imperial looks? A quick internet search gets me pictures of an angusticlavia and laticlave, the former being the official outfit of the equestrian order, and the latter being what senators wore. I could get behind Realm fashion being derivative of those kinds of outfits.

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I could be incorrect but I think in some ancient cultures, open displays of wealth were discouraged for fear of inciting rebellions. This was the reason why Sparta had its minimalist aesthetic, historically. The Realm doesn't seem like it'd hold these values as the Immaculate Philosophy clearly places the Dragonblooded on a higher pedestal spiritually and socially aside from their obvious political and economic dominance.

I like the Empress' look as well. Well, I think her hairpiece is a bit comically ridiculous but overall I like her look. I still can't get behind Mnemon's garment - you can be practical and have business attire without looking like a boring, bloated parade float.

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There are wrathful deities in Tibetan Buddhism that could be interpreted as being evil (if you don't understand why they're actually terrifying and violent). A good example of a feminine wrathful deity would be Palden Lhamo.